Inversive fold diaper



Jan. 10, 1950 J. R. NIOLON INVERSIVE FOLD DIAPER Filed Nov. 12, 1948Patented Jan. 10, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE INVERSIVE FOLD DIAPERJoseph R. Niolon, near Bessemer, Ala. Application November 12, 1948,Serial No. 59,559

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an inversive fold diaper. It has for its mainobjects to provide such a diaper that will be highly efiicient for itspurpose, cheap to manufacture, simple in structure, and free of allkinds of attachments for its use. There are many types of diapers in useincluding the ordinary flat piece of cloth type and many kinds withfastening means that are very objectional and often cause injury to thewearer, and are not suited for cleaning in washing machines that areinclined to tear oil the fastening devices. The ideal diaper desired isone that will have plenty of absorbing cloth between the legs of a childwithout being bulky, and at the same time be thin around the waist, andalso be free of complicated attaching means. The present inventionpossesses all the desired qualities in that it is all cloth free fromattaching devices, is provided with six layers of cloth in compact formfor use between the legs of a child to thus avoid causing the child tobecome bowlegged, has only two layers of cloth in the around the waistportion, and is adapted to be held in place for use by two ordinary typesafety pins.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the drawing anddescription.

By referring generally to the drawing, part of this application, it willbe observed that Fig. 1 is a plan view of a piece of cloth of a kindused for diapers; Fig. 2 is the same piece of cloth folded to half sizewith its selveged edges parallel with each other; Fig. 3 is a view ofthe folded cloth with seams sewed into same to define flap portions;Fig. 4. is a view of Fig. 3 with the ends indicated in broken lines cutoff; Fig. 5 is a perspective view plainly showing Fig. 4 with ends cutoff with a human hand inserted toward the closed bottom for turning thediaper inside out; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing how thediaper would appear reversed with one end open and one end closed.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the diapercomprises a fiat piece of cloth I folded over upon itself with itsselveged edges 2 together, and having seams 3 and 4 sewed therein tothus define curved portions or flaps 5. Then in this condition the endportions 6 and 1 are cut off to leave the diaper in the shape as shownin Fig. 5 with the flaps on the outside. Then by manual means the hand 8takes hold of the inner face of the bottom portion 9 and pulls itthrough the open top I resulting in the flaps being inside as shown inFig. 6. In this condition the diaper is flattened resulting in the flapsand the middle portions forming a center fiat pad consisting of sixlayers of cloth. The diaper for use is placed with the narrow paddedportion l I between the legs of the child with ends 12 and I3 fastenedtogether on one side with an ordinary safety pin and the ends l4 and I5similarly fastened on the other side. To clean the diaper it is reversedin order to get the flaps on the outside as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

From the foregoing it will appear that when not in use with the flaps onthe outside the diaper consists ofonly two layers of cloth, thus beingadapted for easy cleaning and drying. By the inversive action it isprepared for use with six layers of cloth where most needed between thelegs of the child and only two layers around the waist to thus avoid toomuch covering, especially in warm weather. 1

The diaper may be made of any material suitable for the purpose, but Iprefer to use the kind of cloth generally used for diapers. Also thediaper may be made in various sizes, and of thick or thin cloth.

While I have shown anddescribed the preferred embodiment of myinvention, I do not wish to limit same to the exact and precise detailsof structure or design, but reserve the right to make all modificationsand changes so long as they remain within the spirit and scope of theinvention and the following "claim.

Having described my invention I claim:

In an inversive fold diaper comprising; a piece of cloth folded overupon itself, two seams sewed into said double cloth adjacent the centerportion thereof, said two seams starting at one edge of the double clothand extending to the opposite edge and defining between them anapproximate hourglass-shape, said seams continuing from said points anddefining a flap portion on each side and integral with the portionwithin the hourglass outline, one end of the hourglass portion beingopen between the layers of the cloth and from one seam juncture with theedge of the cloth to the opposite similar juncture, the other end of thehourglass-shaped portion being closed by the folded edge of the cloth,the ends of the double cloth terminating slightly beyond the outer seamsof the said flaps.

JOSEPH R. NIOLON.

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